Model adapted to illustrate hattipping and bowing



Oct. 19, 1943. e. L. PHILLIPS 2,332,254

MODEL ADAPTED TO ILLUSTRATE HAT-TIPPING AND BOWING Filed April 13, 1942 F14. 1 F19. 2 Flt/.3

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Patented Oct. 19, 1943 UNITE-D MQHELADAPTED 'IO ILLUSTRATE HAT- ,TIPPING AND BOWING George L. Ihillips, Newkirk, Okla. Application April 13, 1942, Serial No. 438,677

2 Claims.

This invention relates to a model adapted to illustrate hat-tipping and bowing that is. partly disclosed in my former application for patent filed July 27, 1934 and allowed June 30, I936, bearing Number 2,045,675, and in which my present'improvements are. not included, the principal object of this application in addition to tipping the hat is a bowing attitude of the body, said improvements consisting in a: means to conceal the operating mechanism for the movable parts of the body, and also to conceal the. jointed connections of said movable parts within the body or trunk of the structure, whereby no unsightly element foreign to the general appearance of a configuration relating to a human form with respect to its sides shall appear from any point of view.

Another object of this invention is to provide an operating device having a chain and rod, which when moved in one direction longitudinally, will permit one arm to rock downward, tipping the hat and also permitting the trunk, or body to bow in consecutive order by gravity action, and bymovement of the chain and rod in the other direction the arm will be raised causreplacement of the hat on the head and normal erection of the trunk.

Ehese and other objects will hereinafter be more fully explained, reference being had to the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification, and wherein like characters will apply to like parts in the different views.

Referring to the drawing:

Fig. l is a side view of the figure in its erect position and fragmentary portion of the pedestal.

Fig. 2- is a front View of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a similar side View to that of Fig. 1, parts removed for convenience of illustration, and also to illustrate the attitude of the figure as controlled by gravity action.

The invention herein disclosed consists of a structure modeled to simulate the contour of a human body with respect to the side views thereof, said body comprised of a trunk I, neck 2, head 3, arms 4 and 5, respectively, and leg and foot portionsfi and 1 respectively. The foot portion 8 is secured to a pedestal S for the erect position of the leg, the latter being pivotedly joined to the trunk as at 9 whereby the said trunk will rock forward and to an erect position, said trunk represented as wearing a coat having a downwardly extending tail it channel-shape in cross section to straddle the leg, said tail func tioning as a stop for an erect position of the trunk when web portion A strikes on the back of the leg. g

It will be understoodthat the trunk including its head, neck, arm 5, 'an'dthe tail of the garment all are integrally joined, andconsistof two oppositely disposed sides B sides being spaced apart inparallelism, and beingconnected along the edges by a narrow wall D, the front edge having openings for the insertion of the leg and arm 4 between the sides, said arm lbeing pivotedly connected by a pin H, or the like, for rocking movement. of said arm 4, the openings in the edge extending each way fromthe legand ar'md respectively to permit rocking movement "of each for bowing; attitude of the trunk and the terminal ends of: each opening being to restrict against excess movement as above stated for the leg and arm, the

movement of the arm 4 being sufiicient to move the hat i2 carried by said arm to and from the crown E of the head whereby the hat may be removed and immediately followed by a bow of the trunk.

To replace the hat on the crown of the head and. to erect the trunk as shown in Fig. 1 is accomplished by a chain I3, or the like, having its bearing at the pivot point of the leg and when the trunk is bowed, the chain extends obliquely upward to and around the inner end of the arm adjacent its pivot connection. The

upper terminal end of th chain is connected to the upper edge of the arm eccentric to its pivot pointto rock the arm upward when the chain is pulled downward, and furthermore th said chain having its bearing as above stated adjacent the pivot connection of the leg to the sides of the trunk is means to erect the trunk as the chain is tensioned to straight alignment which will occur under th power of tension through the medium of a connecting rod i4. lhe uppe end of the rod is connected to the chain and extends downward through the hollow of the leg to where it enters the hollow of the tube l5 that is inte-' grally joined to the top of said pedestal 8 to function as a guide against side movement of the rod as the lower extremity is secured to the upper end of link [6 Of 'a toggle joint that is rockably connected to another link ll, while the other end of the last said link is rockably connected on a shaft 18, the ends of said shaft being carried by the side walls of the pedestal, said toggle joint to be actuated reciprocatingly by an arm l9 extending outward from where the links join and being connected thereto to rock and C, respectively, said the joint, the arm being manually or power oper ated for its longitudinal movement.

It will be understood that when the toggle joint is rocked in either direction to its extremity is means to tension the chain for an erect position of the trunk and replacement of the hat on the head thereof, and when the links of the toggle joint are vertically aligned the chain will be released to cause a forward incline of the trunk that is gravitately actuated by a counterbalance weight 20, preferably of lead, positioned in the hollow of the arm 4 at its elbow b which means the arm is rocked downward to remove the hat which in turn will rock the trunk to its bowing attitude.

Modifications may be made as lie within the scope of the appended claims.

Having fully described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A model adapted to illustrate hat-tipping and bowing, comprising a simulation of a human trunk having a head at its upper extremity and a leg on which the trunk is rockably carried, a base and means to secure the, leg thereto in a vertical position, the trunk having one arm integrally joined and extending outward therefrom and another arm rockably carried by the trunk and adapted to move toward and from th head, last said arm havin a hat carried by the free end of the arm to place the hat on or remove the same from the head, the arm having a flexible line secured to the arm adjacent its pivot connection to rock the arm, said flexible line having its bearing on the leg adjacent its pivot con- 3 nection to the trunk, means to tension the flexible line to place the hat on the head and rock the trunk in an erect position, the arm having a counterbalance carried thereby to retract its movement downward to Where it strikes the body to incline the trunk forward from its rockable connection to the leg when the flexible line is released.

2. A model adapted to illustrate hat-tipping and bowing, comprising a simulation of a human leg, at headed trunk and an arm pivotedly connected for rocking movement of the trunk to and from an erect position and the arm from and toward the head, said arm carrying a hat to remove and replace the same on the head by the rocking movement of the arm, the trunk having separate means to restrict the extent of th rocking movement of the arm and that of the trunk as carried by the leg, the restricting means for an upward rocking movement of the arm being adapted to place the hat in proper registry on the head, the restricting means for the arm rock in the other direction being to real; the trunk forward to a bowing position following the removal of the hat as carried by the arm, the other means consisting of two contact points, one of which is a stop fixed on a stationary arm carried by the trunk, and adapted to contact the front of the leg, the other being the lower extremity of the trunk as it contacts the rear of the leg to restrict the bowing attitude of the trunk and erect position thereof, and power means adapted to actuate the rocking movement of the arm and rocking movement of the trunk substantially as shown and described.

GEORGE 7L. PHILLIPS. 

